About Betty Bhandari
Bath based documentary wedding photographer.
Also known as Betty Boo, Betts, Mami and sometimes cloth-ear.
Rather than tell you the long story about becoming a wedding photographer the long way round, I tell you ten interesting things about myself:
five things about me
- 01My full name is Bettina but everyone calls me Betty. My surname is Indian through marriage. It’s pronounced Ban-dah-ree. Just ignore the silent h.
- 02I’m born & bred German and moved to the UK in 2001 to go to university for one year. I’ve lived in the UK ever since and am bilingual which has come in very handy for German-English weddings.
- 03I used to be a fully qualified architect working in London for ten years. But photography is my first love (I started taking portraits of everyone around me aged 20) and since 2012 it is my full time career choice which I couldn’t be happier with.
- 04I am a totally foodie and passionate allotment gardener so therefore we eat something home made like jam / kraut / ferments or home grown from our allotment every single day. I believe practice regenerative organic growing methods as they’re the only way forward.
- 05Looking after my physical as well as mental wellness is an absolute priority for me. I work with a PT, take ice baths, absolutely love wild swimming and journal regularly which helps me to remain a calm, extremely stress resistant and highly energetic woman, wife, mother and business owner.
Award winning photographer!
In May 2025, I won the Creative Bath Award in the category ‘Film & Photography’.
In May 2024, I received a ‘Highly Commended’ in the Creative Bath Awards category ‘Film & Photography’.
In both 2023 and 2024, I was a regional finalist in The Wedding Industry Awards.
Betty Bhandari in Action
Never sitting still, always moving.